A few days ago Subber10 wrote at The Crawfish Boxes about White (and foreshadowing on Ely) and the recent run of form in acquiring pitchers who then suffer devastating arm injuries. Go ahead and add Travis Blackley to the list of pitchers acquired who then went to the DL while you're at it. If this is a trend, it's a troubling one.

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